Tessa Spanton SWA Artist, tutor, writer



TESSA SPANTON SWA ARTIST, WRITER AND TUTOR

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Friday 12 October 2012

Painting Tree Bark


            Sweet Chestnut Bark  by Tessa Spanton
            Watercolour with on paper with Polyfilla (c) 2012

The Leisure Painter magazine for November came out today. In it there is the second of my 'Watercolour Plus' articles. In this one textures are made using Polyfilla, gel medium, cling film with some spattering of paint and grating of watercolour pencils.
The image above shows the amazing bark of a huge sweet chestnut tree in Carshalton Park. There are several of these trees which were planted about 400 years ago when the land was a deer park. This tree is in the park but some of them are stranded outside the boundary in  the pavements of a tree lined road.
This magazine is available from large newsagents or art shops or can be bought on line here
 It is also available as a digital version.
I am looking forward to mine plopping through the letterbox as I haven't seen it yet.


5 comments:

TiaraHelen said...

This is beautiful Tessa, it makes you want to touch it! Congrats on your article.

RitaJC said...

Big congrats, Tessa, to the publication!

Sue Paine said...

Interesting technique and so realistic.Many congratulations on the article, hope you get to see it soon:)

Yankeegirl said...

Congrats on the publication, Tessa! Love the painting! Well done!

Zuda Gay Pease said...

Congrats on your publication!! WooHoo!